Weird. I think it was on the Discovery Channel recently ( Past month? So also "recent research") where a study on open-plan offices was mentioned and how workers felt they had no privacy saying cubicles were better.

I think it comes down to the person, why not offer both choices?

By the way that graph near the end woke my inner 80s teenager: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1sLICo-Cxo